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'ook'

Dictionary entry

'ook'vi oo-class • I am, I exist, I am born

Lexicon record # 4399 | Source reference(s): R268 YSRO479 JE65 JE66

Other paradigm forms

  • 3sg 'o'l R268, 'ok'w there is R268

  • 3sg obviative ok'ws R268

  • 1pl 'oh R268

  • 2pl 'o'w R268

  • 3pl 'ohl R268

  • collective 'oo-le'm used of people, animals R268 FS(B221)

  • collective 3pl 'oo-le'-mehl they live JE84

  • iterative collective 'e'-goo-le'm stay, camp FS(B221)

  • alternative 3sg attributive 'o'-leesh home, where someone lives JE69 JE84

Derived phrase or compound

Short recordings (5) | Sentence examples (182)

  1. ho 'ok'w "there was" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  2. kue poy ho 'ook' "where I lived" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  3. 'ok'w "there is" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  4. 'ook' "I am, I exist, I am born" (spoken by Archie Thompson)

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  5. 'oo-le'm "they are, they exist" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

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